CA2031104A1 - Magnetic recording apparatus - Google Patents

Magnetic recording apparatus

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Publication number
CA2031104A1
CA2031104A1 CA002031104A CA2031104A CA2031104A1 CA 2031104 A1 CA2031104 A1 CA 2031104A1 CA 002031104 A CA002031104 A CA 002031104A CA 2031104 A CA2031104 A CA 2031104A CA 2031104 A1 CA2031104 A1 CA 2031104A1
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signal
analog
digital
head
magnetic
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CA002031104A
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French (fr)
Inventor
Satoru Seko
Yutaka Soda
Keisuke Fujiwara
Hiroaki Yada
Munekatsu Fukuyama
Tetsuo Sekiya
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Sony Corp
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Sony Corp
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/008Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires
    • G11B5/00813Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes
    • G11B5/00817Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes on longitudinal tracks only, e.g. for serpentine format recording
    • G11B5/00821Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes on longitudinal tracks only, e.g. for serpentine format recording using stationary heads
    • G11B5/00826Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes on longitudinal tracks only, e.g. for serpentine format recording using stationary heads comprising a plurality of single poles or gaps or groups thereof operative at the same time
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/008Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires
    • G11B5/00813Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes
    • G11B5/00878Recording on, or reproducing or erasing from, magnetic tapes, sheets, e.g. cards, or wires magnetic tapes transducing different track configurations or formats on the same tape
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/48Disposition or mounting of heads or head supports relative to record carriers ; arrangements of heads, e.g. for scanning the record carrier to increase the relative speed
    • G11B5/488Disposition of heads
    • G11B5/4893Disposition of heads relative to moving tape
    • GPHYSICS
    • G11INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11BINFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B5/00Recording by magnetisation or demagnetisation of a record carrier; Reproducing by magnetic means; Record carriers therefor
    • G11B5/86Re-recording, i.e. transcribing information from one magnetisable record carrier on to one or more similar or dissimilar record carriers

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  • Recording Or Reproducing By Magnetic Means (AREA)
  • Digital Magnetic Recording (AREA)
  • Signal Processing For Digital Recording And Reproducing (AREA)
  • Electronic Switches (AREA)
  • Signal Processing Not Specific To The Method Of Recording And Reproducing (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
There is disclosed a magnetic recording (and reproducing) apparatus such as a stationary-head type DAT (digital audio tape recorder), comprising a reproduce head for reproducing a signal on an analog-signal recorded magnetic tape, a recording circuit for converting the reproduced signal from this reproduce head into a digital signal, and a record head for recording the digital signal. Therefore, the analog signal recorded on a magnetic tape can be replaced by the corresponding digital signal on the same magnetic tape. When the digital deck is widely in the feature, the old software (information recorded in analog signals) can be used. In addition, the apparatus having the function for converting the analog signal into the digital signal can be small-sized and constructed to consume small power.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to a magnetic recording apparatus having the function for converting the analog-signal recorded on a magnetic tape into the corresponding digital signal on the same magnetic tape.
The stationary-head type DAT (digital audio tape recorder) (hereinafter, referred to as S-DAT) compatible with the conventional compact cassette is now being developed.
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If the digital magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus is widely used in the feature as the S-DAT is developed, the old soft (, or information recorded in analog signals) will be desired to be converted into digital signals and recorded.
In this case, if the digital signal is not recorded on another new magnetic tape, but can be recorded on this analog-signal recorded magnetic tape in place of the analog signal, the new magnetic tape is not necessary and thus the tape can be saved.
Meanwhile, in the prior art, when the recorded analog signal is converted into the digital signal and then again recorded on the magnetic tape, two tape recorders are :required as described above, thus inevitably increasing the size of the system, the power consumption and the cost.

OBJECT AND S~MMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention, in view of the above aspects, is to provide a magne-tic recording apparatus capable of rewriting on the analog-signal recorded magnet is tape the corresponding digital signal into which the analog signal on the magnetic tape is converted, and capable of reducing the size of the system and the power consumption.
This invention proposes a magnetic recording (and reproducing) apparatus such as a stationary-head type DAT
(digital audio tape recorder), comprising a reproduce head for reproducing a signal on an analog-signal recorded magnetic tape, a recording circuit for converting the reproduced signal from this reproduce head into a digital signal, and a record head for recording the digital signal. Therefore, the analog-signal recorded on a magnetic tape can be replaced by the corresponding digital signal on the same magnetic tape. When the digital deck is widely in the feature, the old software (information recorded in analog signals) can be used. In addition, the apparatus having the function for converting the analog signal into the digital signal can be small-sized and constructed to consume small power.
On the other hand, in the prior art, when the contents of the analog recording magnetic tape are recorded on a digital recording magnetic tape, two tape recorders for analog-signal recorded magnetic tape and digital recorded magnetic tape are used or a tape recorder having a tape deck for digital and analog purposes is used.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRA~INGS
- Fig. 1 shows the construction of an embodiment of a magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus of the invention, and Figs. 2 and 3 are plan views of the magnetic tape on which the analog signal is replaced by the digital signal by rewri-ting.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
According to this invention, there is provided a magnetic recording apparatus comprising a reproduce head 5 for reproducing a signal on an analog-signal recorded magnetic tape, a recording circuit 8 for converting the reproduced signal from the reproduce head 5 into a digital signal and a record head 6 for recording the digital signal The reproduce head 5 is disposed in the upstream side of the transported magnetic tape 2 and the record head 6 is disposed on the downstream side.
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According to the construction of this invention, while the analog-signal recorded magnetic tape 2 having an analog signal recorded thereon is being transposed, the analog signal reproduced by the reproduce head 5 is converted by the recording circuit 8 into a digital signal, and this digital signal is recorded by the record head 6 on the same magnetic tape 2.
Thus, the magnetic -tape having the analog-signal recorded thereon is converted into the magnetic tape having the digital signal recorded thereon in place of the analog signal.
Moreover, if only the reproduce head for analog signal is added to -the digital magnetic recording and reproducing apparatus so as to be disposed ahead of the record/reproduce head, it can be operated to have an analog/digital converter function, thus bei.ng small-sized, constructed to consume small power and produced at low cost.
One embodiment of this invention will be described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3.
Referring to Fig. 1, there is shown a digital recording and reproducing apparatus 1 of this embodiment, or a S-DAT that is compatible with the compact cassette. This S-DAT is able to record and reproduce on a DAI' tape cassette having the same 2 ~

construction as the compact cassette by a multi-track digital magnetic head and also able to reproduce (or record) on the compact cassette by a monaural or stereo analog maynetic head.
There is also shown a magnetic tape 2 of the compact cassette that is loaded in the apparatus. This tape is transported from a supply reel 3 to a tape~up reel 4 in the arrow-a direction. This magnetic tape 2 has formed thereon analog tracks lOR and lOL on which R-channel and L-channel analog audio signals were previously recorded as for example shown in Fig. 2 (the lower half of the magnetic tape is shown).
In this embodiment, an analog magnetic reproduce head 5 for reproducing the analog signal and digital magnetic record head 6 for recording the digital~signal are disposed on the upstream side and downstream side relative to the tape travel t respectively so as to contact or oppose the magnetic tape 2.
The signal from the magnetic reproduce head 5 is supplied to an analog reproducing circuit 7, and the output therefrom, or the audio signal is supplied through a digital recording circuit 8, thereby converted into a digital signal. This digital signal is supplied to the magnetic record head 6.
The magnetic record head 6 is formed of 8 head elements including, as for example shown in Fig. 2, 7 multi.ple-head elements 9~, 92 1 93 1 94 1 95 1 96 1 97 and one cue head element 9C U E .
The analog magnetic reproduce head 5 can be formed of, as for example shown in Fig. 2, two head elements lOR and lOL
opposing the R-channel and L-channel or can be formed of, as for example shown in Fig. 3, 8 digital head elements 9I t 9cu~-When the digita]. magnetic head is formed of the digital magnetic head elements, the first three head elements 9~, 96, - 2 ~ 'J ~
. , 95 are used for reproducing the signal on the R channel track TR and the second three head elements 93, 92, 9~ are used for reproducing the signal on the L-channel track TL.
The magnetic reproduce head 5 can be formed of a thin film magnetic head, a magnetoresistance effect type (MR) magnetic head, a bulk magnetic head or the like. The magnetic record head 6 can be formed of a -thin film magnetic head, a bulk magnetic head or the like.
In the apparatus of the above-mentioned construction, the magnetic type 2 of the compact cassette on which the analog audio signal is recorded is transported and reproduced by the magnetic reproduce head 5. The reproduced analog audio signals are supplied to tha anal.og reproducing circuit 7. The ~ . .
reproduced signal, or analog audio signal from the analog reproducing circuit is supplied through the digital recording circuit 8, thereby converted into a digital signal. The . ~
digital signal is supplied to the magnetic recorded head 6, by which it is written over the magnetic tape 2.
Thus, as shown in Fig. 2 or 3, the analog tracks TR, TL on which the audio signal was recorded are rewritten as digital tracks (multiple tracks) T1 to T8 on the magnetic tape 2.
When the digital signal written on the magnetic tape 2 is reproduced, the magnetic head 6 is used if the magnetic record , ,. . ~, . .
I head 6 is a record/reproduce head of the apparatus having the magnetic reproduce head 5 and the magnetic record head 6 as shown in Fig. 2. Moreover, when the magnetic reproduce head 5 is used to serve dually as itself and as a digital magnetic head as shown in Fig. 3, this magnetic reproduce head 5 is used to reprod-lce.
Moreover, when the analog signal is converted into a di digital signal and at the same time the digital signal written si in place of the analog signal is monitored, a digital magnetic fc reproduce head ll is located on the downstream side of the si magnetic record head 6.
ci Also, after the digital tracks T1 to T2 are written in ci place of the audio tracks as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, they can a~ be reproduced by the digital magnetic reproduce head from a principle basis, but actually partial analog tracks lOa remain ir i the guardbands between the digital tracks T7, T3, Ts and r~ between the digital tracks T3, T2, T1 and thus may be picked up r~ as noise. Therefore, an erase head 12 is preferably provided t~ between the magnetic reproduce head 5 and the magnetic record aE head 6 as shown in Fig. l so that the analog tracks lOR, lOI., p~ can be completely erased In this case, it is possible to e~ reproduce the analog signals, erase by the analog head 12 the t~ analog tracks lOR, lO~, and then record the digital signals.
According to the above construction, the analog audio signal t~ recorded on a compact cassette can be converted into digital sn signal. Thus, even when the digital deck is widely used in the at future, the old precious software (information recorded in analog signals) can be preserved in a digital form. Also, since the analog signal can be converted into the digital signal on the same magnetic tape, the tape cassette can be effectively used.
Moreover, since the analog signal can be replaced by the digital signal on a signal apparatus, the converting system can be small-sized, resulting in low cost and low power consumption.
While in the above embodiment, the analog signal is replaced by the corresponding digital signal by rewriting, the :

digital signal can be replaced by tha corresponding audio signal. In this case the magne-tic reproduce head 5 can be used for digital signals, the magnetic record head 6 for analog signals, the reproducing circuit 7 for a digital reproducing circui-t, and the recording circuit 8 for an analog recording circuit. moreover, while the audio signal is treated in the above embodiment, the video signal may be similarly treated.
According to the magneti.c recording apparatus of the invention, the magnetic tape on which the analog signal is recorded can be replaced by the corresponding digital signal by rewritting on the same magnetic tape. Thus, if the contents of the compact cassette are converted into digital signals on this apparatus, the software of the compact cassette can be ; preserved for the future in which, for example, the S-DAT
exclusively for DAT tape cassette of the same construction as the compact cassette will be widely used.
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Moreover, since the analog signal can be converted into the digital signal on a signal apparatus, the apparatus can be small-sized, operated with small power consumption and produced at low cost.

Claims

WE CLAIM AS OUR INVENTION
A magnetic recording apparatus comprising:
a reproduce head for reproducing a signal on an analog-signal recorded magnetic tape;
a recording circuit for converting the reproduced signal from said reproduce head into a digital signal; and a record head for recording the digital signal.
CA002031104A 1989-11-29 1990-11-29 Magnetic recording apparatus Abandoned CA2031104A1 (en)

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JP310450/89 1989-11-29
JP1310450A JPH03171475A (en) 1989-11-29 1989-11-29 Magnetic recorder

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JP (1) JPH03171475A (en)
KR (1) KR910010402A (en)
AT (1) ATE141708T1 (en)
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JPS58200412A (en) * 1982-05-19 1983-11-22 Nippon Columbia Co Ltd Fixed head type pcm magnetic recording and reproducing device
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NL8901712A (en) * 1989-01-30 1990-08-16 Philips Nv LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC BAND RECORDING SYSTEM AND A MAGNETIC BAND APPARATUS SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE SYSTEM AND A MAGNETIC HEAD SUITABLE FOR USE IN THE MAGNETIC BAND.

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EP0430268A3 (en) 1992-11-25
EP0430268B1 (en) 1996-08-21
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EP0430268A2 (en) 1991-06-05
DE69028183D1 (en) 1996-09-26
ATE141708T1 (en) 1996-09-15
DE69028183T2 (en) 1997-03-27
KR910010402A (en) 1991-06-29

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